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Justice Altamas Kabir to assume office of CJI tomorrow | | Justice Altamas Kabir will assume the charge of the Chief
Justice of India here on Saturday. President Pranab Mukherjee will administer the oath of office to the new Chief Justice of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
Born on July 19, 1948 at Kolkata, Justice Kabir did his M.A. and LL.B. from University
of Calcutta . He was enrolled at the Bar on August 1, 1973 and was made a permanent
judge of Calcutta High Court on August 6, 1990. Justice Kabir assumed the office
of acting Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court on January 11, 2005. He was elevated
as Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court on March 1, 2005 and was made a judge
of the Supreme Court of India on September 9, 2005. Justice Kabir was responsible
for the computerization of the Calcutta High Court and the City Civil Court and
other Courts in Kolkata. He was appointed as Executive Chairman of the National
Legal Services Authority on January 14, 2010. Justice Kabir's term will continue
till July 18, 2013.
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